Arcade Archives Brings Virtual Console To PS4 In Japan

Disgaea developer, Nippon Ichi Software, will work with publisher Hamster to bring its own virtual console to Playstation 4. According to Siliconera, six different companies will bond together to release Japanese games to this Arcade Archives project.

There are some titles currently dated for Arcade Archives. Items like Crazy Climber, Ninja Kid and Rygar will be out in spring of 2014.

These titles will come out in Japan only for now, ranging from two to five monthly releases. For a full list of announced games, look below:

Crazy Climber

Ninja Kid

Rygar

Exciting Hour

Wonder Boy

Moon Cresta

Renegade

Solomon’s Key

City Connection

Mighty Bomb Jack

Nova 2001

Double Dragon

Wonder Boy in Monster Land

Exerion

Terra Cresta

Raiders5

Syusse Oozumou

Mr. Pig and Pig Bombers

Crazy Climber 2

MagMax

These arcade classics will be functioning with the Playstation 4 livestream option. A price for each item is set at 823 Yen plus tax.

Some of these announced oldies were already compiled in the Japanese Playstation 2 release of My Game Center Family from Hamster. It also included well-known classics like Castlevania and Contra, but it’s not sure if the Arcade Archives virtual console will mimic the PS2 collection.

Previously, Hamster already worked together with publisher MonkeyPaw Games to localize Hyper Crazy Climber for PS3, PS Vita and PSP. It also had to delay its promotion including that game, due to legal issues. Perhaps the two are related.

There is no word if the Arcade Archives virtual console will make its way overseas. If not, hopefully separate localizations through MonkeyPaw could be worked out.